{"id":4465,"date":"2012-11-08T13:41:49","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T21:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ups.edu\/studyingabroad\/?p=4465"},"modified":"2012-11-08T13:41:49","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T21:41:49","slug":"reformationstag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/studyingabroad\/2012\/11\/08\/reformationstag\/","title":{"rendered":"Reformationstag"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Germany, October 31st is Reformationstag, in honor of Martin Luther (the original, not the King, Jr.).\u00a0 In MeckPomm, we have the day off, and, at least in my school, we had the following Thursday and Friday off.\u00a0 These are called “Brueckentage”, which means “bridging days”.\u00a0\u00a0 I think this is adorable.\u00a0 So, with a five-day weekend, what’s a girl to do?\u00a0 Hop on a train to Berlin, naturally!<\/p>\n

But first: Tuesday was party night.\u00a0 Wednesday was party-in-costume night:<\/p>\n

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No one had any idea who I was, but that’s fine.\u00a0 Apparently, in Germany, Halloween costumes are almost ALWAYS just scary costumes.\u00a0 My roommates suggest that is because they have Karnival, which is for non-scary costumes.\u00a0 But Halloween is also not largely-celebrated, here.\u00a0 For people my age, college-age, there are always costume parties to go to, but for younger people, there isn’t so much celebrating.\u00a0 Younger children might go trick-or-treating, but it usually has to be coordinated so everyone knows which houses will have candy.\u00a0 Most of them won’t.\u00a0 Oh, fun fact:\u00a0 instead of saying “trick-or-treat”, they say “s\u00fc\u00dfes sonst gibt’s saures”!<\/p>\n

Right, so, lots of drinking and partying and fun times.\u00a0 Then, Berlin!\u00a0 At the Fulbright orientation, I met many lovely people, and now I am eagerly traveling around the country to meet up with them.\u00a0 It is a wonderful way to explore more of Germany, because by now they know their own towns pretty well, so they can show it off, and it is always nicer to do touristy things with someone else.\u00a0 Although, this time, we didn’t play tourist, since both of us have been to Berlin before.\u00a0 Instead, we just enjoyed each other’s company.\u00a0 We also went to a live jazz performance in a bar, drank wine, and felt very classy!<\/p>\n

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Madeline gets flustered when people take pictures of her.<\/p><\/div>\n

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